New Zealand moves a 172-ton piece of equipment to redefine the future of an old power plant, and the real goal lies where almost no one looks
How does the clean energy transition look when it leaves the planning room and hits the highway? In New Zealand, it looked like a…..
Archaeologists are turning to artificial intelligence to decipher a 2,000-year-old Roman inscription, and what’s written on the stone could change everything we thought we knew about an ancient lost game
For more than a century, a small carved limestone slab sat in a Dutch museum with an identity crisis. Was it an architectural sketch,…..
We carry Neanderthal DNA… except where it matters most
The Moon could harbor a gigantic chemical archive of the early Earth
Science
Earth already did it 200 million years ago… and it’s going to do it again: the supercontinent that could wipe humans off the map
In roughly 200 to 250 million years, Earth’s scattered continents are expected to merge again…..
An “underground sea” of fresh water has been discovered beneath the Atlantic Ocean, so large that it could supply New York City for 800 years
What if part of the East Coast’s freshwater story has been hiding under the ocean…..
Goodbye to seasonal viruses as we know them: the first universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergies is now closer than ever
What if one nasal vaccine could help during the weeks when coughs, stuffy noses, and…..
A study of the deep structures of the Earth’s mantle raises new questions about the future stability of the planet’s magnetic field
Most of us only think about Earth’s magnetic field when a compass points north or…..
China tests humanoid robots for border control tasks with Vietnam
UBTECH Robotics has completed a major share placement in Hong Kong, bringing in about HK$3.06…..
We carry Neanderthal DNA… except where it matters most
If you have ever opened a DNA ancestry report and spotted a tiny slice labeled…..
For the first time, they “saw” a tectonic plate breaking apart under the Pacific, and what they found was not a crack, but an entire system
Off the coast of Vancouver Island, scientists have captured unusually sharp images of a tectonic…..
An expedition discovers an infected giant tarantula, and the find is so rare that it has left scientists with a thousand questions
Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, researchers found something that looked as if it had stepped out…..
Human DNA reopens the last great mystery of Genghis Khan, and what scientists have discovered could change everything we thought we knew about his descendants
For years, one startling number has followed Genghis Khan through history books, documentaries, and internet…..
The project that threatened one of Earth’s clearest skies has been canceled, and astronomers are celebrating because Paranal will no longer face its most feared invisible enemy
How much is darkness worth? At Chile’s Paranal Observatory, it can mean the difference between…..
Mobility
What seemed like a rock-solid 100,000-mile warranty turned into an exhausting battle for a Pennsylvania couple because Kia refused to repair the engine at 80,000 miles for a bureaucratic reason that many owners would never imagine
When a Pennsylvania couple’s 2019 Kia Optima lost its engine at 80,000 miles, they thought the repair…..
Airbus has finally revealed the identity of the “mystery customer” who ordered eight A350-1000s, and the name comes as a surprise, as it changes the commercial landscape of long-haul flights and opens the door to a new battle for the most profitable routes
An order that once sat in the books of Airbus under the name of an unnamed customer…..
Energy
Economy
Russia intercepts a 2.8-ton fragment of the Aletai meteorite, valued at $4.2 million, which was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a simple garden ornament
Customs officers in Russia say they stopped a 2.8 ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite…..
Another theme park goes bankrupt and closes its doors “forever”: what has happened in recent weeks is more serious than it seems
Is Brean Theme Park really gone for good? Not exactly. The Somerset attraction entered liquidation…..
The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning
Most people will read this as another chapter in the power struggle around the Panama…..
The IRS may owe refunds to millions of people for fees charged between 2020 and 2023
Could an old IRS notice from the pandemic still be worth money? A November 25,…..
Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age
This is not a story about a brand-new mountain of iron suddenly appearing in Australia……
You turn 65, retire, and discover the real surprise: the average Social Security benefit is $1,607, and typical 401(k) savings barely reach $2,400 per month
Turning 65 still feels like a major retirement milestone. But the average Social Security check…..
A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air
A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..
Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market
On March 10, one of the most famous error coins in American history is set…..
More than 1,000 metric tons of gold have been found underground in China, and the astonishing figure is its price: around $85.9 billion, in a discovery that could redefine the global map of this precious metal
Chinese geologists say they have uncovered more than 1,000 metric tons of gold beneath the…..
Millions of people could lose SNAP without realizing it, and the real change isn’t in soda or candy, but in a new rule that severely affects adults between the ages of 55 and 64
Most readers hear about soda and candy first when SNAP comes up. But for many…..
Technology
Environment
An Archaeopteryx fossil dating back some 150 million years, hidden away for decades and reanalyzed using CT scans and ultraviolet light, has finally revealed a detail that could settle a scientific debate that has raged for more than 160 years over how bird flight began
A newly analyzed Archaeopteryx fossil is giving scientists a clearer look at how the earliest…..
It all began with a strange, squid-like mass found in the stomach of a sperm whale in 1955 and 1956, and decades later, scientists discovered that it was something far stranger than anyone could have imagined
If you picture a new species discovery, you might imagine a submarine camera or a…..
For years, no one knew what those strange clay “chimneys” protruding from the ground in the Amazon were for, until a study published on February 23, 2026, came up with an answer that was as simple as it was brilliant
On the rainforest floor near Manaus in northern Brazil, small clay chimneys stick up like…..
China is transforming the Takla Makan Desert, which at 337,000 km² is almost the size of Poland, into a “lung in the sand”: the 66 billion trees planted since 1978 have increased vegetation, multiplied rainfall during the wet season by 2.5 times, and even reduced local CO2 levels from 416 to 413 ppm
Can a place so dry it is nicknamed the “Sea of Death” really help us…..
The eel, which can grow to over a meter in length and travel thousands of kilometers between rivers and the sea, is critically endangered according to the IUCN, and now the industry fears a total ban
The European eel is running out of time. Scientists describe its situation as critical, yet…..
It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefs
NOAA researchers working in the Mariana Islands have measured a colossal stony coral inside the…..
The data has the UN on high alert: Earth has just broken a nearly imperceptible climate record, and scientists believe this “heat debt” could eventually trigger heat waves, storms, and coastal events over the coming centuries
Earth is holding on to more heat than it releases, and new climate reporting suggests…..
They are called “donuts” and look like fairy circles underwater, but science is baffled because no one yet knows what mechanism draws these perfect giant rings on the seabed off the coast of Scotland
Hundreds of giant ring shapes have appeared on the seafloor off the coast of Scotland,…..
